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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, August 25, 1994
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Census reports higher income results from more education
Study shows discrepancy between men and women with the same degrees
By Shannon Newton Kansan staff writer
Marc Nordberg said his desire to earn more money in the future was one of his main motivations in going to college.
"It felt like it was the right thing to do," said Nordberg, Minneapolis, Kan., graduate student. "And I did want a higher salary."
According to a Census Bureau report issued in May, people who earn degrees do have a better chance to earn more money.
According to the report, a person with a bachelor's degree earned an average of $32,629 per year in 1993, and people with a doctoral degree earned $54,904 per year. High school graduates earned an average of $18,737 per year.
"Persons with more education can expect even higher lifetime earnings," said the report's author, Robert Kominski, in a press release.
Maggie Kostner, Prairie Village freshman, said she was pleased with the bureau's report, since she also was earning a degree in hopes of making more money in the future.
"Though I do want to find a job that I enjoy, I do not want to end up poverty-strike." she said.
The report also said that the number of people finishing high school and going on to college was at an all-time high. In 1933, four-fifths of all adults age 25 and over had completed high school and more than one-fifth had completed bachelor's degrees or further education.
"Our country is more educated than ever," Koninski said. "The educational level of the adult population continued to rise in 1993."
But the report also showed that salary discrepancies still existed between men and women who held the same degree. The average yearly salary for men who received a bachelor's degree was $40,039, while women with the same degree earned an average of $25,991. Men who had a doctorate earned an average of $60,369 per year, while women with the same degree earned an average yearly salary of $29,799.
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
John Gaunt, dean of the School of Architecture, came to the University from Ellerbe Becket, a Minneapolis architecture firm for which he served as chief executive officer.
New dean planning to build experience
Editor's note. This is the fourth of five stories that will appear this week profiling KU's five new deans.
By Ashley Miller Kansan staff writer
John Gaunt is not your average dean.
He believes in real world experience, looking toward the future and forgiving sins.
Gaunt, the new dean of the School of Architecture, said he thought of the position as another professional phase in his life.
"I found it a very appealing position for me personally," Gaunt said. "I want to make my practice useful."
Gaunt received a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. After that, he spent five years in New York teaching part time at Columbia University.
He spent the past 18 years working for Ellerbe Becket, an architectural firm in Minneapolis. He became CEO five years ago.
Gaunt heard about the open deposition through Ellerbe Becket's Kansas City branch. He said he also lectured at the University of Kansas last September and was very impressed with the university,
"It's a wonderful combination of academic concerns and a pleasant environment." Gaunt said.
Gaunt said his goal this year was to create a personal imprint on the school that reflected his practical, real world experience. Creating strong ties with
local architecture firm was another goal he had set for the upcoming year.
Gaunt said any other changes he made would be subtle because he planned to build on the good aspects of the school.
"I'd like to see this school become an exemplary model for others," he said.
right now, the school has student exchange programs with Germany, Scotland, Japan, Italy and France. Gaunt said he would like to strengthen ties with those countries and perhaps expand to other countries in the future.
"The more we can connect, the better," he said. Dennis Domer, associate dean of the school, said Gaunt brought a sense of hope and renewal.
"There's a tremendous excitement in the school." Domer said. "We're very lucky."
Domer said he was looking forward to Guant's open and honest communication. When Gaunt began his new job at the school on July 1, he told faculty members he was giving them amnesty from their past behavior because he wanted to start the year fresh.
"You can see that I'm happy," Domer said.
Former dean Max Lucas will teach in Genoa, Italy, this semester as part of the graduate program in architecture at Clemson University. He will return to KU for the spring semester as a professor in the architectural engineering program.
"I was dean for over 13 years," Lucas said. "I thought that was long enough."
New student senators learn valuable lessons during mock session
By James Evans Kansan staff writer
Chad Browning, Student Senate treasurer, and Ami Hizer, student senator, approached the lecturn at last night's Senate meeting and presented an odd bill.
"Lyndon LaRouche is somewhat of a political prisoner," Browning said, smiling at his reference to the perennial radical presidential candidate. "We believe that he has been wrongly jailed, and we're asking for money to support our organization."
Although old and new senators laughed
and chuckled quietly at the mock legislation, they were learning how to do their jobs. The mock session, conducted last night at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union, was intended to acquaint new senators with the procedures that Senate uses when passing legislation.
New student senators questioned the mock bill after Browning asked them to approve $6,920 to pay for a demonstration outside of the jail where LaRouche was being held.
After taking a detailed look at the pseudo-legislation, the new senators killed the bill.
After the session was over, Browning said that the exercise was beneficial for the new senators.
"They're all asking questions and learning procedures of how things go during legislation," he said.
Two other pseudo-bills also were addressed by the Senate. The second bill was to fund a lecture by Khalil Abdul Muhammed, a controversial member of the Nation of Islam. The third was a resolution to broaden search committee criteria.
Dan Hubbard, St. Louis senior and new senator, said that the mock bills helped him
to understand the unfamiliar proceedings.
to understand the unfamiliar proceedings. "I think going through pseudo bills right now will expose us to the procedures that we'll need to be familiar with" he said.
Derek King, Kansas City, Mo., senior and new senator, agreed that the mock legislation would be invaluable in the future.
"If we wouldn't have had this meeting, I wouldn't have been aware of some of the rules and regulations," he said.
Sherman Reeves, student body president, said that familiarizing new senators with fake legislation would help expedite real legislation for future meetings.
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